TOMTOM Rider 550 Welcome Screen Password

tvieira
tvieira Registered Users Posts: 6
Apprentice Traveler
in RIDER
Hi

Is there a way to set a password to unlock TOMTOM 550? When I left on my motorcycle it can be accessed and reveal my Home Address, Recent Destinations... My TOMTOM ONE XL had this feature.

Regards
TV

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  • Ste7ios
    Ste7ios Posts: 759
    Superuser
    No there isn’t...
  • DougLap
    DougLap Posts: 9,844
    Superuser
    Hi @tvieira

    Re finding your Home address. It is recommended that you do not put your actual home address into a satnav but some random position . Mine is about a mile from where I live.

    Doug
  • tvieira
    tvieira Registered Users Posts: 6
    Apprentice Traveler
    Guys... where can we put this as a recommendation / suggestion to TOMTOM to include on a future update? My 12y old TOMTOM has this feature.

    Tiago
  • basix
    basix Registered Users Posts: 486
    Superuser
    quoting myself, August 2015

    https://discussions.tomtom.com/en/discussion/comment/1030716#Comment_1030716
    I also find it a bit problematic that the device itself has no pin code protection or whatsoever. E.g. while you're having a drink at a gas station, you'd probably leave your tomtom secured with the anti-theft thingy on your bike. Anyone can turn on the tomtom and see what your home address is, or wherever you're navigating to. Call me paranoid, but some people have really nice bikes, and 'bike-jackers' are nothing new. An additional lock might seem annoying for some people, but with some kind of 'trusted device connected' mode it could unlock itself automatically when the headset and/or phone are connected. That should make it quite user friendly.
  • TigerRider
    TigerRider Registered Users Posts: 169
    Exalted Navigator
    Yep. The TomTom developers live in a very simple and benign world which may also be flat from corner to corner.

    My TT GO520 downloads my call history (just in case I want to repeat it) but then exposes the last couple of people I called. Could actually lead to a divorce.

    Would also seem the management has blocked any good ideas from here getting to them meaning the kit never gets better only different with new features that don't quite work.

    Also try changing the My-Drve account email without resetting the unit and loosing stuff. Over the years I've had a number of units all with their own account now moving to a single account.

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